Impact of Bowel Urgency on Quality of Life and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis.

Marla C DubinskyRemo PanaccioneJames D LewisBruce E SandsToshifumi HibiScott D LeeApril N NaegeliMingyang ShanLinden A GreenNathan MorrisVipin AroraAlison Potts BleakmanRuth BelinSimon Travis

Published in: Crohn's & colitis 360 (2022)

Absence of urgency is strongly associated with improvement in QoL as well as clinical measures of UC disease activity. These findings suggest urgency may be a useful surrogate marker of disease activity and an important treatment target for UC.

Keyphrases

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